Barbi

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325

Peak · girls
1975 · 41 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
586
since 1953

Barbi over time

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Rank among girls' names. Barbi has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #2,097, 1975girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1987#11,3255
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1985#10,6775
1984#9,1446
1983#6,21210
1982#6,37110
1981#3,43624
1980#2,80032
1979#3,44223
1978#2,80129
1977#3,00226
1976#2,66429
1975#2,09741
1974#2,92224
1973#4,58612
1972#4,79311
1971#3,16621
1970#2,45030
1969#5,4568
1968#3,61014
1967#3,08517
1966#2,58622
1965#3,40214
1964#2,34827
1963#3,17616
1962#2,92218
1961#2,75220
1960#2,72920
1959#3,43613
1958#3,92510
1957#3,93010
1956#4,4678
1955#4,3768
1954#3,9679
1953#2,92114
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five girls were named Barbi! It came in at #2,921, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1985–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Barbi is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,892 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,806 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Barbi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#1,892 · 1 in 32,806

Best ever in a state: #1,179 in Illinois, 1975.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Barbi
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 1975 at #2,097 (41 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 35,558
  • Highest: 1 in 35,558 girls born in 1975 were named Barbi (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 347,726 girls born in 1987 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 42.0% of all girls named Barbi (246) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s72#2,921 (1953)#3,860
1960s176#2,348 (1964)#3,207
1970s246#2,097 (1975)#3,192
1980s92#2,800 (1980)#7,138

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Barbi in 1970

girls
#2,450
30 births · 1 in 58,271 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #2,450Barbi30
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 58,271 of them was named Barbi, which outranked 73.8% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barbi
  1. #2,395Wanita31
  2. #2,395Wendolyn31
  3. #2,395Windi31
  4. #2,450Barbi30
  5. #2,450Adena30
  6. #2,450Arthur30
  7. #2,450Bethanie30
  8. #2,522Alessandra29
  9. #2,522Analisa29
  10. #2,522Andreana29

Tied with 71 names at #2,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970